History: Tenzan has managed to work his way into a main attraction in New Japan Pro Wrestling. He began his career there near the end of 1990, by fighting in a 32-man battle royal. Tenzan then went to the Catch Wrestling Association in Austria, where, wrestling under his real name, he defeated Lance Storm to become the first CWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. A few weeks later, he lost to Storm, then came back in October '93 to win the belt for the second time. Once again, Storm defeated him a few weeks later, and Tenzan headed back to the NJPW. Tenzan then began teaming with Masahiro Chono as Chono Team Wolf. In June 1995, Tenzan and Chono won the IWGP World Tag-Team Titles in a tournament, which they held for a month until the title was vacated due to Chono missing a match when his father died.

In July '96, Tenzan and Chono won the IWGP Tag-Team titles again, this time beating Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka. They held the titles for over 5 months before losing to Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura. A few weeks later, Tenzan and Chono became founding members of nWo Japan. For the rest of '97, Tenzan and the rest of nWo Japan continued the nWo tradition of attacking en masse their various enemies. Tenzan also went on a brief tour in the United States, wrestling with WCW.

Tenzan got his third chance for the IWGP Tag-Team titles in July '98 after Chono's former tag-team partner Keiji Mutoh was injured. Tenzan and Chono went on to win the tournament and the belts. A month later, they were defeated by Gen'ichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka. Tenzan continued to feud with Koshinaka, eventually getting a new partner in Satoshi Kojima (due to Chono being out with a neck injury). The two teams fought at the Tokyo Dome in January '99, with Tenzan & Kojima coming through, defeating Koshinaka & Tenryu to get the IWGP Tag-Team belts. A few months later, Koshinaka retook the titles from Tenzan & Kojima, with his partner Kensuke Sasaki. For the next year, Tenzan continued to wrestle in NJPW, feuding with Koshinaka, Masa Chono, Manabu Nakanishi, and others. He defeated Chris Benoit at the Tokyo Dome in January '00, a major victory.

In July '00, Tenzan, still teamed with Kensuke Sasaki, got the IWGP Tag-Team Titles for the 5th time, winning over Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata. Tenzan & Sasaki feuded with Nakanishi & Nagata for the next few months, with Tenzan & Sasaki coming out on top. Tenzan continues to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling to this day, having wrestled in April '01 at the Osaka Dome.